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Sep 2024
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You're Abandoning Yourself for a Version...

KATERINA ELEFTHERIOU
About this episode

In this episode, I discuss how over-empathizing and people-pleasing is a form of self-abandonment, especially when you're doing it in the hopes that someone will meet the potential you envision for them.

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To be clear, I am not a therapist! I am just very interested in and passionate about self-awareness and personal growth :)

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